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'''Michael Cole''' (July 3, 1940 – December 10, 2024) was an American actor best known for his role as Pete Cochran on the television crime drama '']'' (1968–1973). '''Michael Cole''' (July 3, 1940 – December 10, 2024) was an American actor best known for his role as Pete Cochran on the television crime drama '']'' (1968–1973).

== Early life ==
⚫ Cole was born in ], on July 3, 1940. In a Sept 10, 2018 video interview, Michael said he slept under a freeway bridge when he first arrived in Hollywood. Later on, a huge Mod Squad billboard happened to be erected on the same freeway bridge, where Michael had once camped below. <ref>{{cite book |last1=Cole |first1=Michael |title=I Played The White Guy |date=2018 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5VdDwAAQBAJ&q=1940 |publisher=BearManor Media |isbn=978-1-62933-297-0 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name = Saperstein>{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/michael-cole-dead-mod-squad-1236245131/|title = Michael Cole, 'Mod Squad' Star, Dies at 84|last = Saperstein|first = Pat|date = December 10, 2024|accessdate = December 10, 2024|work = ]}}</ref>


== Career == == Career ==
], ] and Cole]]Cole appeared in numerous films and TV shows, beginning in 1961 with a role in the film drama ''Forbid Them Not''. His other film credits include the role of Mark in the 1966 science fiction film '']'', later re-titled ''Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth''; Spivey in the western '']'' (1967); Alan Miller in '']'' (1971),<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.sfweekly.com/culture/the-golden-age-of-tv-movies-the-last-child-1971/| author=Nahmod, David-Elijah| title=The Golden Age of TV Movies: ''The Last Child'' (1971)| newspaper=]| date=August 26, 2015| access-date=26 August 2015}}</ref> which was nominated for a ];{{Citation needed |date=March 2024}}, and as Cliff Norris in ''Beg, Borrow or Steal'' (1973). He did a great deal of stage work after ''The Mod Squad'' went off the air, including ''].'' ], ] and Cole]]Cole appeared in numerous films and television shows, beginning in 1961 with a role in the film drama ''Forbid Them Not''. His other film credits include the role of Mark in the 1966 science fiction film '']'', later re-titled ''Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth''; Spivey in the western '']'' (1967); Alan Miller in '']'' (1971),<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.sfweekly.com/culture/the-golden-age-of-tv-movies-the-last-child-1971/| author=Nahmod, David-Elijah| title=The Golden Age of TV Movies: ''The Last Child'' (1971)| newspaper=]| date=August 26, 2015| access-date=26 August 2015}}</ref> that was nominated for the ; and as Cliff Norris in ''Beg, Borrow or Steal'' (1973). He did a great deal of stage work after ''The Mod Squad'' went off the air, including ''].''


Cole also appeared on ''],'' in 1966, as Kipp. During the 1970s, he had many guest appearances on ''],'' '']'' and ''],'' and appeared in the made-for-TV thriller '']'' in 1978. In the 1980s and 1990s, he worked on ''].'' He also worked on shows such as '']''; ''];'' ''],'' and ''].'' Later, Cole appeared as the disturbed adult Henry Bowers in ]'s 1990 two-part TV miniseries '']''. During his brief role in the miniseries, he was starting to hugely enjoy the scene where Henry nearly murders Mike Hanlon. In 1991, he joined the cast of '']'' in the role of ]. Cole also appeared on ''],'' in 1966, as Kipp. During the 1970s, he had many guest appearances on ''],'' '']''? and ''],'' and in 1978 appeared in the made-for-TV thriller '']'' . In the 1980s and 1990s, he worked on ''].'' He also worked on shows such as '']''; ''];'' ''],'' and ''].'' Later, Cole appeared as the disturbed adult Henry Bowers in ]'s 1990 two-part TV miniseries '']''. During his brief role in the miniseries, he started to enjoy the scene where Henry nearly murders Mike Hanlon. In 1991, he joined the cast of '']'' in the role of ].


But it was his role as Pete Cochran, a troubled youth turned crime fighter in '']'' (1968–1973), that made Cole an international celebrity. Cole's boyish good looks and brooding, deep-voiced personality meshed perfectly with his character's backstory—a ne'er-do-well son of wealthy parents who had evicted him from their home after he had stolen a car.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Mod Squad TV Show Unofficial Home Page w/ Pictures & Episode Guide|url=https://www.chezgrae.com/modsquad/|access-date=2022-11-20|website=www.chezgrae.com}}</ref> Produced by ] and ], '']'' resonated with ]-era viewers and ran for five seasons, during which a total of 123 episodes were produced.{{Citation needed |date=March 2024}} But it was his role as Pete Cochran, a troubled youth turned crime fighter in '']'' (1968–1973), that made Cole an international celebrity. Cole's boyish good looks and brooding, deep-voiced personality meshed perfectly with his character's backstory—a ne'er-do-well son of wealthy parents who had evicted him from their home after he had stolen a car.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Mod Squad TV Show Unofficial Home Page w/ Pictures & Episode Guide|url=https://www.chezgrae.com/modsquad/|access-date=2022-11-20|website=www.chezgrae.com}}</ref> Produced by ] and ], '']'' resonated with ]-era viewers and ran for five seasons, during which a total of 123 episodes were produced.{{Citation needed |date=March 2024}}


According to '']'', Cole originally balked at the part of Peter Cochran when he realized he would be playing an undercover cop, saying: "I'm not going to take the part of a guy who ] on his friends!" He changed his mind, however, when he read the script and gathered the show's potential appeal. According to '']'', Cole initially balked at the part of Peter Cochran when he realized he would be playing an undercover cop, saying: "I'm not going to take the part of a guy who ] on his friends!" He changed his mind, however, when he read the script and gathered the show's potential appeal.


Cole went through treatment in the ] in the early 1990s to get his drinking problem under control.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.courierlifenews.com/articles/2009/07/06/thisjustin/07ecole.txt |title=The book on Madison's 'Mod Squad' star Michael Cole |first=Doug |last=Moe |date=July 6, 2009 |website=Onalaska Holmen Courier Life |location=West Salem, Wisconsin |access-date=December 21, 2009}}</ref> Cole went through treatment in the ] in the early 1990s to get his drinking problem under control.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.courierlifenews.com/articles/2009/07/06/thisjustin/07ecole.txt |title=The book on Madison's 'Mod Squad' star Michael Cole |first=Doug |last=Moe |date=July 6, 2009 |website=Onalaska Holmen Courier Life |location=West Salem, Wisconsin |access-date=December 21, 2009}}</ref>


Cole later played Charles Hadley in a 2006 episode of the television series ''].'' Also in 2006, Cole played opposite ] in ''Mystery Woman: At First Sight'', an episode of the '']'' film series that aired on the Hallmark Channel. Cole later made an appearance in the 2007 thriller '']'' as the attorney for ]'s character of Detective Tracy Atwood. Cole later played Charles Hadley in a 2006 episode of the television series ''].'' Also in 2006, Cole played opposite ] in ''Mystery Woman: At First Sight'', an episode of the '']'' film series that aired on the ]. Cole later made an appearance in the 2007 thriller '']'' as the attorney for ]'s character of Detective Tracy Atwood.


== Personal life == == Personal life ==
⚫ Michael Cole was born in ], on July 3, 1940.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cole |first1=Michael |title=I Played The White Guy |date=2018 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5VdDwAAQBAJ&q=1940 |publisher=BearManor Media |isbn=978-1-62933-297-0 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name = Saperstein>{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/michael-cole-dead-mod-squad-1236245131/|title = Michael Cole, ‘Mod Squad’ Star, Dies at 84|last = Saperstein|first = Pat|date = December 10, 2024|accessdate = December 10, 2024|work = ]}}</ref>

Cole was married three times and divorced twice. He had two children from his first marriage, and a daughter from the second marriage. Cole married Shelley Funes in 1996.<ref>{{cite book| title=I Played the White Guy| last=Cole |first=Michael| publisher=BearManor Media| year=2018| isbn=978-1-62933-296-3}}</ref> Funes helped stage an ] for Cole's alcoholism, and he remained sober afterward.<ref>{{Citation |title='Mod Squad' Star Michael Cole Opens Up About Battle With Addiction {{!}} Studio 10 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AzuohPZLIM |access-date=2023-03-27 |language=en}}</ref> Cole was married three times and divorced twice. He had two children from his first marriage, and a daughter from the second marriage. Cole married Shelley Funes in 1996.<ref>{{cite book| title=I Played the White Guy| last=Cole |first=Michael| publisher=BearManor Media| year=2018| isbn=978-1-62933-296-3}}</ref> Funes helped stage an ] for Cole's alcoholism, and he remained sober afterward.<ref>{{Citation |title='Mod Squad' Star Michael Cole Opens Up About Battle With Addiction {{!}} Studio 10 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AzuohPZLIM |access-date=2023-03-27 |language=en}}</ref>


Cole died on December 10, 2024, at the ] in ], at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/michael-cole-dead-mod-squad-1236083123/|title=Michael Cole, Actor on ‘The Mod Squad,’ Dies at 84|publisher=]|accessdate=December 10, 2024|date=December 10, 2024}}</ref> Cole died at the ] in ], on December 10, 2024 at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/michael-cole-dead-mod-squad-1236083123/|title=Michael Cole, Actor on 'The Mod Squad,' Dies at 84|publisher=]|accessdate=December 10, 2024|date=December 10, 2024}}</ref>


== Filmography == == Filmography ==
*'']'' (1966, TV) as Kipp * '']'' (1966, TV) as Kipp
*'']'' (1966) as Mark * '']'' (1966) as Mark
*'']'' (1967) as Spivey * '']'' (1967) as Spivey
*'']'' (1968–1973, TV) as Pete Cochran * '']'' (1968–1973, TV) as Pete Cochran
*'']'' (1971, TV Movie) as Alan Miller * '']'' (1971, TV Movie) as Alan Miller
*'']'' (1975, TV) as Det. Lew Reeves in "The Witness" * '']'' (1975, TV) as Det. Lew Reeves in "The Witness"
*'']'' (1978, TV) as Ted * '']'' (1978, TV) as Ted
*'']'' (1979, TV) as Mike Kelly * '']'' (1979, TV) as Mike Kelly
*'']'' (1979, TV) as Phil in 'Second Chance' * '']'' (1979, TV) as Phil in 'Second Chance'
*'']'' (1979, TV Movie) as Pete Cochrane * '']'' (1979, TV Movie) as Pete Cochrane
*'']'' (1979–1981, TV) as himself/Tom Gibson * '']'' (1979–1981, TV) as himself/Tom Gibson
*'']'' (1980. TV) as Corey Burns * '']'' (1980, TV) as Corey Burns
*'']'' (1981, TV) as Falco * '']'' (1981, TV) as Falco
*'']'' (1984) as Henry Soames * '']'' (1984) as Henry Soames
*'']'' (1987–1990, TV) as Earl Tuchman/Lt. John Meyerling * '']'' (1987–1990, TV) as Earl Tuchman/Lt. John Meyerling
*'']'' (1990, TV) as Henry Bowers * '']'' (1990, TV) as Henry Bowers
*'']'' (1996, TV) as Senator Terrence Bell * '']'' (1991, TV) as Harlan Barrett
*'']'' (2006, TV) as Charles Hadley * '']'' (1996, TV) as Senator Terrence Bell
*'']'' (2007) as Atwood's Lawyer * '']'' (2006, TV) as Charles Hadley
*'']'' (2008, TV Movie) as Jason Connelly * '']'' (2007) as Atwood's Lawyer
* '']'' (2008, TV Movie) as Jason Connelly


== Bibliography == == Bibliography ==
*{{cite book| title=I Played the White Guy| publisher=BearManor Media| year=2018| isbn=978-1-62933-296-3}} * {{cite book| title=I Played the White Guy| publisher=BearManor Media| year=2018| isbn=978-1-62933-296-3}}


== References == == References ==
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Michael Cole
Cole in 1973
Born(1940-07-03)July 3, 1940
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedDecember 10, 2024(2024-12-10) (aged 84)
Tarzana, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1961–2010
Spouse Shelley Funes ​(m. 1996)​
Children3

Michael Cole (July 3, 1940 – December 10, 2024) was an American actor best known for his role as Pete Cochran on the television crime drama The Mod Squad (1968–1973).

Early life

Cole was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 3, 1940. In a Sept 10, 2018 video interview, Michael said he slept under a freeway bridge when he first arrived in Hollywood. Later on, a huge Mod Squad billboard happened to be erected on the same freeway bridge, where Michael had once camped below.

Career

The Mod Squad main cast in 1971 from left: Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton and Cole

Cole appeared in numerous films and television shows, beginning in 1961 with a role in the film drama Forbid Them Not. His other film credits include the role of Mark in the 1966 science fiction film The Bubble, later re-titled Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth; Spivey in the western Chuka (1967); Alan Miller in The Last Child (1971), that was nominated for the Best Movie Made for TV Golden Globe Award in 1972; and as Cliff Norris in Beg, Borrow or Steal (1973). He did a great deal of stage work after The Mod Squad went off the air, including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Cole also appeared on Gunsmoke, in 1966, as Kipp. During the 1970s, he had many guest appearances on Wonder Woman, The Love Boat? and CHiPs, and in 1978 appeared in the made-for-TV thriller Evening in Byzantium . In the 1980s and 1990s, he worked on Nickel Mountain. He also worked on shows such as The Eddie Capra Mysteries; Murder, She Wrote; Fantasy Island, and Diagnosis: Murder. Later, Cole appeared as the disturbed adult Henry Bowers in Stephen King's 1990 two-part TV miniseries It. During his brief role in the miniseries, he started to enjoy the scene where Henry nearly murders Mike Hanlon. In 1991, he joined the cast of General Hospital in the role of Harlan Barrett.

But it was his role as Pete Cochran, a troubled youth turned crime fighter in The Mod Squad (1968–1973), that made Cole an international celebrity. Cole's boyish good looks and brooding, deep-voiced personality meshed perfectly with his character's backstory—a ne'er-do-well son of wealthy parents who had evicted him from their home after he had stolen a car. Produced by Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas, The Mod Squad resonated with counterculture-era viewers and ran for five seasons, during which a total of 123 episodes were produced.

According to TV Guide, Cole initially balked at the part of Peter Cochran when he realized he would be playing an undercover cop, saying: "I'm not going to take the part of a guy who finks on his friends!" He changed his mind, however, when he read the script and gathered the show's potential appeal.

Cole went through treatment in the Betty Ford Clinic in the early 1990s to get his drinking problem under control.

Cole later played Charles Hadley in a 2006 episode of the television series ER. Also in 2006, Cole played opposite Clarence Williams III in Mystery Woman: At First Sight, an episode of the Mystery Woman film series that aired on the Hallmark Channel. Cole later made an appearance in the 2007 thriller Mr. Brooks as the attorney for Demi Moore's character of Detective Tracy Atwood.

Personal life

Cole was married three times and divorced twice. He had two children from his first marriage, and a daughter from the second marriage. Cole married Shelley Funes in 1996. Funes helped stage an intervention for Cole's alcoholism, and he remained sober afterward.

Cole died at the Providence Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, California, on December 10, 2024 at the age of 84.

Filmography

Bibliography

References

  1. Cole, Michael (2018). I Played The White Guy. BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-62933-297-0.
  2. Saperstein, Pat (December 10, 2024). "Michael Cole, 'Mod Squad' Star, Dies at 84". Variety. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  3. Nahmod, David-Elijah (August 26, 2015). "The Golden Age of TV Movies: The Last Child (1971)". SF Weekly. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. "The Mod Squad TV Show Unofficial Home Page w/ Pictures & Episode Guide". www.chezgrae.com. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  5. Moe, Doug (July 6, 2009). "The book on Madison's 'Mod Squad' star Michael Cole". Onalaska Holmen Courier Life. West Salem, Wisconsin. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
  6. Cole, Michael (2018). I Played the White Guy. BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-62933-296-3.
  7. 'Mod Squad' Star Michael Cole Opens Up About Battle With Addiction | Studio 10, retrieved 2023-03-27
  8. "Michael Cole, Actor on 'The Mod Squad,' Dies at 84". The Hollywood Reporter. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.

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